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Say it ain't so...Yankees interested in Ponson (per St. Louis paper)

"Released largely of his inability to pitch deep into games and a refusal last month to embrace his transfer to the bullpen, Ponson has attracted significant interest from the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox and could accept a bid from either club if he clears waivers."

Exactly. We know all about the Yankees' 5th starter troubles. But don't forget Boston is in a very similiar predictament. After Schilling and Beckett (26 HR), you have a knuckleballer in Wakefield and then what? The rookie Lester (1.55 WHIP) is somehow 4-0 and then Johnson.

The biggest problem is that Ponson pitched like a 2 hit shutout vs. the Yankees a couple of years ago. When that happens, the Yankees never forget it and figure if that talent is there, they can get it out of him to perform again. That, however, ignores Ponson's body of work, which is as bad as his physical body is. But the Yankees have been the DFA kings the past few years. Considering he's got "experience" in the AL East, and Maz had him in Baltimore, it wouldn't shock me to see the Yankees try to sign him, give him a couple of starts to see if he can help, and if (when) he can't then go out on the trade market and see what type of pitcher you can get back. Torre mentioned something about Wilson has the start "for now" in an interview somewhere, I wonder if something is up or he's talking about the Arubian Dough Boy possibly coming in.

"I just won you the pennant. I got you Steve Trout."

-- George Steinbrenner to Lou Piniella after trading for Trout from the Cubs, 1987.